Current students
Miranda Buckley, PhD student through EEOB
email: miranda.buckley[at]email.ucr.edu


Miranda hopes to improve the understanding of parasitic plants, their evolution, and ecological roles in natural and agricultural systems. She is curious about their relationships within desert ecosystems. Ultimately, she aims to contribute to biodiversity conservation and the understanding of these fascinating and beautiful pathogenic plants that impact food security and natural communities worldwide.
Conner Lay, PhD student through EEOB
email: conner.lay[at]email.ucr.edu

​Conner is interested in how plants interact with their abiotic and biotic environments. He wants to better understand how environmental changes such as habitat fragmentation and climate variation contribute to genetic diversity​ and adaptation.
Nate Collison, PhD student through BPSC
email: wcoll010[at]ucr.edu 

Nate is broadly interested in molecular plant-biotic-environment interactions. He is focusing on the molecular mechanisms by which parasites manipulate their plant hosts, and the reciprocal means by which plants protect themselves.
Alumni
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Josh successfully found WAA in both WA and CA to help finish his project.
Josh Wemmer, MS, 2019
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Thesis: ​Characterizing the Dual Transcriptomes of Woolly Apple Aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), and its Host, Malus domestica (Borkh.), Across a Host Resistance Spectrum